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A shilling of George III, king at the turn of the 19th century.. The King's shilling, sometimes called the Queen's shilling when the Sovereign is female, [1] is a historical slang term referring to the earnest payment of one shilling given to recruits to the armed forces of the United Kingdom in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, although the practice dates back to the end of the English Civil ...
King Vidor: US Army's Rainbow Division: D, R P, N 1925 US The Dark Angel: George Fitzmaurice: After being blinded in WW1, a man disappears and becomes a famous author. Thinking he's dead, his friend tries to move in on his girl. R, D, L P 1925 UK: Ypres: Walter Summers: Battle reconstruction film of the several battles at Ypres. 1926 US The ...
Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 British epic comedy historical musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre ...
All the King's Men is a British World War I television drama by the BBC starring David Jason, first broadcast on Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 1999. The film derives its title from a line in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme and is based on a 1992 book, The Vanished Battalion by the film's co-producer, Nigel McCrery .
The King's Choice (Norwegian: Kongens nei, meaning "The King's No" [4]) is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Erik Poppe. It is a co-production of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Ireland, [ 1 ] [ 5 ] and was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards .
The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama film [2] [3] directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O'Brien, and Karl Dane. [4] [5] [6] Written by World War I veteran Laurence Stallings, the film is about an idle rich boy who joins the U.S. Army's Rainbow Division, is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes a friend of two working-class ...
King and Country is a 1964 British war film directed by Joseph Losey, shot in black and white, and starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay. [5] The film was adapted for the screen by British screenwriter Evan Jones based on the play Hamp by John Wilson [ 6 ] and a 1955 novel by James Lansdale Hodson .
The Lost Battalion is a 1919 American silent war film about units of the 77th Infantry Division (the "Lost Battalion") penetrating deep into the Argonne Forest of France during World War I. The film was directed by Burton L. King and features Major Charles W. Whittlesey and a number of actual soldiers from the 77th who portrayed themselves in ...